Noun

(en noun)

The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).

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The state of being executed (accomplished).

The battle plan was successfully executed .

The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.

(legal) The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.

(legal) The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.

(computing) The carrying out of an instruction, program or program segment by a computer.

The entire machine slowed down during the execution of the virus checker .

Whenever the matrix inversion function executed the program crashed.

Noun

(uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.

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(uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.

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Of more significance in the nature of branch development ; in the Jubulaceae, as in the Porellaceae, branches are acroscopic and normally replace a ventral leaf lobe.

(countable) Something which has developed.

(real estate, countable) A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings, real estate development.

(real estate, uncountable) The building of a real estate development.

(uncountable) The application of new ideas to practical problems (''cf. research).

(chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.

(music) The second section of a piece of music in sonata form.